scale

美 [skeɪl]
英 [skeɪl]
  • n.秤;比例尺;范围;刻度
  • v.攀登;到达…顶点;去鳞;刮除牙石
  • 网络缩放;规模;音阶
复数:scales  现在分词:scaling  过去式:scaled  
Scale
n.
规模size
1.
[sing][u]
(尤指与其他事物相比较时的)规模,范围,程度the size or extent of sth, especially when compared with sth else
They entertain on a large scale(= they hold expensive parties with a lot of guests) .
他们大宴宾客。
Here was corruption on a grand scale .
这里的腐败现象曾十分严重。
On a global scale, 77% of energy is created from fossil fuels.
全球 77% 的能量产生自化石燃料。
to achieve economies of scale in production(= to produce many items so the cost of producing each one is reduced)
实现规模生产
It was impossible to comprehend the full scale of the disaster.
这场灾难的深重程度当时还无法充分认识。
It was not until morning that the sheer scale of the damage could be seen(= how great it was) .
直到早晨才看清了损害的严重程度。
等级range of levels
2.
[c]
等级;级别a range of levels or numbers used for measuring sth
a five-point pay scale
五分制工资等级
to evaluate performance on a scale from 1 to 10
按 1 到 10 级来评估业绩
3.
[c][ususing]
等级体系the set of all the different levels of sth, from the lowest to the highest
At the other end of the scale , life is a constant struggle to get enough to eat.
对于处在社会最底层的人来说,生活就是为吃饱肚子而不断挣扎的过程。
the social scale
社会等级体系
衡量标度marks for measuring
4.
[c]
标度;刻度a series of marks at regular intervals on an instrument that is used for measuring
How much does it read on the scale?
刻度显示的是多少?
衡器weighing instrument
5.
[pl]
秤;磅秤;天平an instrument for weighing people or things
bathroom/kitchen/weighing scales
浴室秤;厨房用秤;秤
the scales of justice(= represented as the two pans on a balance )
法律的天平
地图;图表;模型of map/diagram/model
6.
[c]
比例;比例尺the relation between the actual size of sth and its size on a map, diagram or model that represents it
a scale of 1:25 000
1:25 000 的比例
a scale model/drawing
按比例缩放的模型╱图画
Both plans are drawn to the same scale.
两张平面图是按同一比例绘制的。
Is this diagram to scale(= are all its parts the same size and shape in relation to each other as they are in the thing represented) ?
这个示意图是按比例画的吗?
音乐in music
7.
[c]
音阶a series of musical notes moving upwards or downwards, with fixed intervals between each note, especially a series of eight starting on a particular note
the scale of C major
C 大调音阶
to practise scales on the piano
在钢琴上练习音阶
鱼;爬行动物of fish/reptile
8.
[c]
鳞;鳞片any of the thin plates of hard material that cover the skin of many fish and reptiles
水管等in water pipes, etc.
9.
[u]
水垢;水锈a hard greyish-white substance that is sometimes left inside water pipes and containers for heating water
牙齿on teeth
10.
[u]
牙垢;牙石a hard substance that forms on teeth, especially when they are not cleaned regularly
v.
攀登climb
1.
~ sth
攀登;到达…顶点to climb to the top of sth very high and steep
the first woman to scale the world's five highest peaks
第一位登上世界五大高峰的女性
He has scaled the heights of his profession.
他登上了他事业的顶峰。
fish
2.
~ sth
去鳞to remove the small flat hard pieces of skin from a fish
牙齿teeth
3.
~ sth
刮除牙石to remove tartar from the teeth by scraping
The dentist scaled and polished my teeth.
牙医为我刮除牙石,抛光了牙齿。
改变大小change size
4.
~ sth (from sth) (to sth)
改变…的大小to change the size of sth
Text can be scaled from 4 points to 108 points without any loss of quality.
正文可以从 4 点调到 108 点,但印刷质量丝毫不会降低。

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